katamari (2022-2023)

Working professionally for 4 years.
Technical Internships during college all summers.
TA for class for 4 semesters.
Held research positions during undergraduate/graduate years.
Two Honor Societies.
Volunteer at Animal Shelter. !

Hello -
I am applying pretty late this cycle (due to December LSAT mainly), so will be casting a fairly wide net, so to speak :) A final tally - 23 schools! As the cycle is progressing, I am starting to feel that I might've really overdone it here, but as they say - better safe than sorry no?

1-29-07
My FIRST acceptance! I'm so excited! I found out via email after lunch. Wiiiiii!! I'm going to law school! :o)

2-02-07
In at NYU! This was a TOTAL shock - I never got a complete notice from them at all. SO excited because I am really interested in International Law so this is definitely a top choice for me.

2-06-07
Call and email from Faye Deal at Stanford! Completely dumbfounded at this one :) YAY!
In at U of Washington too!

2-09-07
Wow, this has truly been the best law school decision news! Can't ask for more than 6 decisions in one week :)

2-21-07
Monumental day! In at UPenn, which is awesome of course, but additionally! As of today, I now have decisions from more than 50% of my schools :) Sigh, I really really did apply to too many schools, and I will start withdrawing this weekend to schools that I know I will not go to.

Also, I just got (finally!) an academic LOR in today at LSDAS. Here's to hoping that some of the schools will actually get it before they render their final decision. I already had 3 letters, but all professional, and freaked out a little after reading how important academic letters are. But all acceptances to date have been without consideration of any academic LOR.

03-02-07
Got the infamous hold email from Boalt. Normally this would've left me sadder because I love Berkeley but today, I gave notice at work. Since then, I have had a perma-grin on my face, and really nothing could take me down from that today!

03-28-07
WL at UChicago today - finally getting down to the end, and I am so ready for that. I'm expecting no more good news from this point onward - very glad to be closer to making a decision !

04-23-07
Finally all done! Final tally 5 WL, 1 Rejection, and 17 Acceptances. Happy with the way my cycle went overall I do think I was hurt by not applying earlier for some of the WLs, but such is life. Deposit was sent to Stanford today.

04-28-07
Sigh. Wrote my final withdrawal form today for NYU. This was SO heartbreaking to have to do. I was so torn between NYU and Stanford, but I am coming more to terms with my decision now. I will just have to make sure I get to NYC for internships or something :)

06-04-07
I had thought my cycle was over, but at the last minute, the Harvard acceptance totally threw me for a loop. After a heart-wrenching two weeks -- I've decided to withdraw from Harvard and stick with Stanford. Mainly due to personal reasons - I love love Boston and would've loved Harvard. But my personal pulls toward Stanford outweighed the benefits for my situation. Withdrawal form has gone in - hopefully it opens up the seat for one more person!